are you a colourlover?

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

i came across an inventive website a while ago called “colourlovers”. it’s an interactive space where people that work with or enjoy thinking about color can write about it. it’s creative as well, and allows registered users (lovers?) to create their own color palettes, which users can then name. i grabbed an rss feed from them and find that i keep saving the postings in my bloglines account so that i can think about them over time.

here’s a link to their site, to someone’s thoughts on color in philadelphia, appropriate for us medical librarians that are just back from that city for the annual conference.

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is our cd/dvd collection worth all this? a cost-per-use analysis of accompanying materials

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

i presented some research results during a poster session at the recent medical library association conference in philadelphia. mla has linked to a pdf of the poster: http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2007/e-present/20070520_03_kennedy.pdf

poster title: is our cd/dvd collection worth all this? a cost-per-use analysis of accompanying materials.

those viewing the poster seemed very interested in the decision tree we developed to help us determine if we could keep the cd/dvd in the text, based on the language of the license agreement. you can see a tiny version of the decision tree on the pdf, but may be interested in viewing it in the context of the research design and results in an upcoming publication in the journal of academic librarianship, september 2007.

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my weekend to-do list

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

1. review cdwa-lite
2. take survey on said schema to offer feedback and suggestions
3. grill a hotdog
4. drink a beer

it is a long weekend due to the memorial day holiday, after all.

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the danglebirds are back!

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

have you seen these around l.a.? i spied one yesterday at 4th and rose, in venice, and thought my eyes were deceiving me; it’s orange! but then this morning, at westminster and abbot kinney, i saw another one; a red one! i thought they were all yellow. i’m happy to see them again, and the vibrant colors are very nice.

danglebird

(image snagged from metroblogging. read the post there about the danglebirds and the artist who makes them)

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time for reflection speeds by

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

dealing with a frantic med student today reminded me to schedule more time for myself; quality quiet time. i’ve been writing notes to myself of topics to consider for writing a new article, but haven’t given myself the opportunity to sit with those notes and decide which topic to tackle first. time for reflection is such a critical component of my writing process but it is always the first thing i schedule on top of.

midyear resolution: schedule appointments with myself to just sit and think.

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mentoring

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Marie Kennedy

i’ll soon be attending my first medical library conference (medical library association) and was assigned a conference mentor, one who has been to an mla conference before and is willing to guide a newbie. i have been to conferences before and can certainly navigate on my own, but it’s a nice touch that mla would foresee that some may need help. i appreciate that the organization wants to make one’s first mla a pleasant and full experience.

i would say that overall the field of library and information science is good about mentoring. in a previous life i had expectations of working as an educator in the field of fine art, in photography, but i never found a true community there. the field of photography is more insulated and about individual success, whereas library and information science seems to be pushing forward a communal goal. do you agree?

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